thanks for feedback. I'm continuing to experiment with GAE while keeping my main app hosted. hope that Webtoolkit will be integrated in next version--shouldn't have to use a framework to use G's own product! On Jan 6, 3:24 pm, G <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been thinking about this very topic, even (re)considering > PHP. :) > > You might want to look into using Django, or one of the other Python > web frameworks, instead of the modified version running on AppEngine > (the same could be said for the Java flavor). There are a couple of > free hosting services available. > > While not deep into AppEngine; my current impression is that AppEngine > needs more time to mature as a development target. Though some things > are easier, a lot of time is wasted working around old bugs, design > limitations, and incomplete implementations. Server status > information is also lacking, and feels more like a marketing mindset, > where an honest 'five nines' mindset would be more useful. In my > experience, the development speed benefits of Python (and Django) are > lost to AppEngine trivia. The promise of high scalability for data > isn't exclusive to AppEngine, especially when memcached is the first > line of defense, so even that is not an exclusive win. > > -- > G > > paulmo wrote: > > thanks for links. I have read those. I should have stated that I have > > created a guestbook app with GAE > > as a trial to explore the datastore etc. > > > I was looking more for feedback from users who are deep in GAE and can > > make a comparison: > > > Do you miss not having a relational database? Workarounds given my > > situation of using 2 tables? > > Are/can you use Google's webtoolkit or ajax/css apis without having to > > deploy 3rd party apps? > > > Stuff like that... > > On Jan 6, 9:07 am, Sylvain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I think most answers are here > > > :http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/ > > > > Do the "getting started", and everything will be clear. > > > > About django templates : you can use it (or not) or use static files > > > (html, css, > > > js,...)http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/staticfil... > > > > You can create forms directly inside the code (without template) > > > :http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/handlingf... > > > > Hope it will help. > > > > Regards. > > > > On Jan 6, 1:33 pm, paulmo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I love all things Google, but I'm wondering if I should put in effort > > > > to migrate to Python, Datastore and GAE. > > > > > My non-commercial app has two distinct text forms: one is a radio > > > > selection and one is a text string that gets exploded and is searched > > > > in elseif statements against arrays. The original message is posted to > > > > 2 tables in MySQL: one with entire message, and another with exploded > > > > array words. This second table is queried for most common words and > > > > echoed in a datatable. > > > > > Both of these forms must be in same app. > > > > > My app also uses geo location and css/js libraries. > > > > > I'm confused about Django templates; I did not see any CSS/JS > > > > "templates" per se in the docs; does a beginner do best with static > > > > CSS/JS files? > > > > > The attraction of GAE seems to be doing everything in one interface/ > > > > set of tools, and I'd like to keep it that way: I don't need a bunch > > > > of links and 3rd party apps. > > > > > Advice greatly appreciated.
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